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Same here, on my older mid-2017 iPad Pro on YouTube I only get 1080p 60fps.
Ok. iPad Pro 2018 here, latest public beta, latest YT app. My main YouTube account used to work with 4K, but a few weeks back it stopped. After reading the comments here I tried incognito and it worked, 4K is there in the app. WTF. That sucks.
I had on my main, and now I don't anymore, but works on my secondary account and in incognito.
aAlso another change I noticed is that in my main account (which went back to be limited to 1080p) the AUTOPLAY button is in its usual place, but on my secondary account the button have moved to be inside the video window.
I’ve not had any luck on guest account or main account with latest TVOS beta and 4K. Anyone else?
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At least with the previous beta, I don't think it had been implemented yet on tvOS, but it's officially coming.
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. Our best audio and video quality. Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Dolby Atmos. Works seamlessly with Apple devices, services, and smart home.
www.apple.com
"Watch the latest YouTube videos in their full 4K glory. Your favorite music, slo‑mo, outdoor, and vlog footage never looked better."
Also, PowerVR GPUs have included hardware VP9 decode support since 2014. Apple A10 came out in 2016, and Apple A10X came out in 2017.
Next-generation multi-platform video analytics SoC results from collaboration between Imagination and ELVEES
LONDON and MOSCOW, May 2, 2016 – ELVEES NeoTek as a part of ELVEES companies group (ELVEES) and Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) report the tapeout of the ELVEES Image Semantic Engine (ELISE), a unique next-generation multi-platform SoC for a wide range of existing and future global video...
www.imgtec.com
BTW, this has got to be the worst demo ever:
Wow, it seems incredible to me that Apple didn’t activate this support on their chips until now, six years later.
By the way, very interesting thread. Do we know anything about AV1 support at least on latest A12 and A13 chips?
It was a format war. Apple has finally surrendered.
I don't think there has been any mention of that yet.
At least with the previous beta, I don't think it had been implemented yet on tvOS, but it's officially coming.
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. Our best audio and video quality. Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Dolby Atmos. Works seamlessly with Apple devices, services, and smart home.www.apple.com
"Watch the latest YouTube videos in their full 4K glory. Your favorite music, slo‑mo, outdoor, and vlog footage never looked better."
Also, PowerVR GPUs have included hardware VP9 decode support since 2014. Apple A10 came out in 2016, and Apple A10X came out in 2017.
Next-generation multi-platform video analytics SoC results from collaboration between Imagination and ELVEES
LONDON and MOSCOW, May 2, 2016 – ELVEES NeoTek as a part of ELVEES companies group (ELVEES) and Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) report the tapeout of the ELVEES Image Semantic Engine (ELISE), a unique next-generation multi-platform SoC for a wide range of existing and future global video...
BTW, this has got to be the worst demo ever:
actually VP9 support for PowerVR GPU extends to all devices which have the series 6 models from what I read. So even A7 devices with the 6430 chip from 2013 ( the A6 SoC ones don’t get it) can support hardware VP9 just That it’s only available for iOS 14 and above.
That’s an interesting find. I’ve already read another post from Reddit that confirms my theory. It said something along the lines of “YouTube heavily uses A/B testing so even if you’re on the same version as everybody else you might not be able to stream 4K and the only thing you can do is wait”.
I would assume that YouTube is still going through testing and you might lose your ability to stream 4K at any time
As of the new beta:
- iPhone XS Max now has 4K while logged on (for previous beta, I had to use incognito mode to see it)
- iPad Pro 10.5” still doesn’t get 4K while logged in or in incognito. It has never had 4K yet. I’m afraid Apple might be excluding this iPad from getting it even though it could easily handle it. Sigh.
Same here have the 2019 iPad mini (a12 based) and now stuck with 1080P again. Updated to a newer version of YouTube app no change from the version that worked before.
Yes, I saw it on the iPadOS 14.0 b5, right after YouTube app was updated to 15.33.4
Another iPhone user confirmed same observation. Now with 14.0 b6 that no loner works even with a slightly newer YouTube app posted 2 days ago
Earlier post in the B5 thread
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1080P Youtube Tuesday, Wednesday using iPadOS 14.0B6, Thursday 2160P again, same YouTube videos. Some bug with B6? YouTube app no version changes.
2019 iPad mini
2019 iPad mini
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4K YouTube for b6 has been pretty buggy for me. If I force close the app and reopen it I can watch 4K videos but if I watch anything from my history it reverts back to 1080p until I reopen the app again. The ability to watch 4k completely disappeared yesterday on my main account but came back today. My other account still seems fine
It did the same antics with B5, as this newer B6 also to me, but it will return to working in some manner. LOL
This is ridiculous hearing that it works.. then doesn’t .. then works.., then doesn’t
YT, how about actually updating your app and enlisting full compatibility for the devices which will get 4K and HDR support or not instead of doing nothing about it
YT, how about actually updating your app and enlisting full compatibility for the devices which will get 4K and HDR support or not instead of doing nothing about it
It went back to works only in incognito.
This is beta baby, and the strange way of beta testing another companys feature, so yeah, I just hope it will finally work when the final 14 is out andfingers crossed for pip!
Try the 14.0 b7, its working correctly after running the update. YouTube app is v15.35.2 4days old